News for Inventors

The concept of personal 3D printers has spread like wildfire, and Michigan Tech wants to make sure that the first things that people think of when the innovative product making platform is mentioned include harmony, joy and other peaceful goodies.

The innovators behind the OnGARD Security Door Brace and SMART Dummy
Camera are looking to you to invent the next big advancement in home
security devices, and are willing to pay big bucks for your best idea.

If you’re planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition,
it wouldn’t hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges
of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to
2012 for extra inspiration:

The government of South Korea, Inter-American Development Bank, Nordic Development Fund and GDF SUEZ, have pulled together to seek out energy solutions from Caribbean, South and Central American nations, and there are huge cash prizes for the best ideas!

European farm equipment producer Pöttinger is looking for help, and if
you can revamp one of their existing harvesting tools to slice plants in
a neat and orderly manner, you’ll walk away with a nice cash prize for
thinking outside of the box!

If you’ve got an invention that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, pitch
your idea to the judges at The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge for a
chance to receive € 500,000 to develop your business plans.

The
Create the Future Design Contest has been pushing talented inventors to
dream up incredible and innovative products since 2002, and there’s
still time for you to get your idea in this heated competition!

There’s still plenty of time to register a booth to showcase your latest
invention at the 2013 INPEX, as you’ll definitely want to impress the
various product manufacturing giants who will be combing the event for
superstar innovations…

Ever since 2004, IMGA has picked out the year’s most innovative and
worthwhile videogames made for mobile phones. With all of the
fantastically inventive games in the running, it was a huge competition
for gifted game developers who specialize in mobile gaming devices.

Get ready to play with the sci-fi technology that’s fascinated audiences
for decades when the “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination”
exhibit lands at The Tech Museum of Innovation starting October 19th in
San Jose, California. You don’t want to miss out on hanging out with
R2-D2, Chewbacca and Yoda!

PepsiCo Inc. (PEP),
the makers of the iconic American soda, has recently become the
second-largest food and beverage corporation in the world. An abundance of
innovations helped to make PepsiCo the industry giant that it is today. The Sultan
of Soft Drinks hasn’t stopped striving to discover innovative start-ups
across several areas to throw their support behind, leading to the
creation of PepsiCo10.